Improvement in candlesticks



AMOS E. scenes, or LA GRANDE, o'nncon,

PATENT QFFroE;

lM'PROVE-MENT m cANDLEsricK s.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 137,029, dated Marth18, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMos EMERSON Roe.- ERs, of the town of La Grande,county of Union, and State of Oregon, have invented an ImprovedCandlestick, of which the following is a specification:

My invention is an improvement on the automatic candlestick, for whichLetters Patent, No. 127,989, were issued to A. E. Rogers and G. W. Webb,June 18, 1872, and relates to the construction of a candlestick so as toeffect a saving of the candle when burned to the socket. A portion ofthe pipe or stem will drop automatically so soon as'the candle shallburn down to the under side of the top rim or flange thereof. The socketbelow the hinge-joint is about one-half of one inch in depth, and isconstructed so as to hold firmly therein any part or portion of andvarioussized candles, such as short or long eights or tens, &c. Thissocket is provided withaspring to clasp the diEerent-sized candles; alsoa sharp-pointed spur in the bottom of said socket to run into the bottomend of the candle, as will be hereinafter more fully described. The spurmay be a pointed screw.

Figure 1 represents a plan ofthe candlestick; and Fig. 2 is a verticalcross-section thereof.

I A, is the stand or base. B is the upright stem or pipe and in theupper part of which is the socket h, made to receive the lower end ofthe candle, and to this part of the pipe and socket the spring 0 isattached; also the drop part is attached thereto by means of ahingejoint, I). In the bottom of the socket h is a sharp-pointed spur,cl, made of metal, and is designed to assist in holding firmly thecandle in the socket. The spring 0 is for the purpose of clasping andholding more firmly the different-sized candles that may be used in suchcandlestick, and f is a stop for the spring to stop against when thereis no candle in the socket. C is the upper rim or flange of thedrop-part of this candlestick, and is made in vthe usual way. F is anaperture in said rim through which the-candle may pass, and which willhold the drop in an upright position. E is'a weight attached to theouter edge of the rim 0, one side of the pipe a. of the drop, andopposite to the hinge-joint b, and the weight E is cut away at leastone-half of the diameter thereof, and from the spring 0* to the flangeG, as shown at D by the dotted lines on Fig. 2, and a, Fig. 1. Thisisfor the purpose of let ting the piece of candle pass through when thecandle burns down to the lower side of the flange O. The drop will thenact automatically by means of the weight E and the hinge I). Said dropwill turn over until the weight E strikes the pipe B and leaves thepiece of candle held firmlyin the socket h by the assistance of the pindand spring 0. The pipe is cut away on the side next the weight E andhinge b, as shown at I, Fig. 1, and by the dotted lines at I, Fig. 2,and is for the purpose of keeping cool the pipe at and flange 0 5 alsofor preventingthe melting ofthe grease, and sticking the candle to thepipe at. c, Fig. 2, represents the candle in the candlestick with thedrop turned up, the candle passed through the aperture F in the flangeO, and into the socket h. By this construction of the socket h in thepipe B with the spring 0, or its equivalent, and spur d, a whole candleor any portion thereof may be successfully used Without the flange G orthe drop, (if broken off.) This candlestick may be made of any desirableconfiguration or shape, and of any suitable metal or other material,such as porcelain, terra-cotta, or vegetable gums, or part of wood andpart of metal or other material.

It will be seen that by this mechanical device a large per cent. ofcandle is saved to the consumer, and the candlestick is much moredesirable than any heretofore used.

The drawing herewith presented forms a part of this specification.

I do not claim an automatic drop on a candlestick, or a short socket, ora spur in a socket, separately; these devices have been before known.

Having thus described my invention and its construction, what I claim asnew, and for which I desire Letters Patent, is-

1. The socket h, the spur d, the spring 0 or its equivalent, incombination with the stand or base A and pipe or stem B, substantiallyas and for the purposes hereinbefore described and set forth.

2. The spur d, the socket h, and spring 0, in combination with theautomatic drop, the hinge-joint b the weight E, the flange G, the standA, an stem B, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbeforedescribed and set forth.

3. The automatic drop with the opening I therein, the socket h, and spurd, in combination with the stand A and-pipe B, substantially as and forthe purposes hereinbefore described and set forth.

AMOS E. ROGERS.

Witnesses:

J 0s. T. K. PLANT, J. D. GREEN.

